Win Morisaki

Win Morisaki 森崎ウィン မိုရီဆာကီဝင်း
Morisaki at WonderCon 2018
Background information
Birth name	Win Kyaw Htoo
Born	(1990-08-20) August 20, 1990 (age 34) Yangon, Myanmar
Genres	J-pop
Occupations	Singer Actor
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	2008–present
Labels	Stardust Promotion
Member of	PrizmaX
Website	Stardust JP

Win Morisaki (森崎ウィン, Morisaki Win, Burmese: မိုရီဆာကီဝင်း; born August 20, 1990^[1]) is a Burmese actor and singer. He is the lead vocalist of PrizmaX, a J-pop idol boy band. He has appeared in films and television dramas in Japan and Myanmar, as well as in the American film Ready Player One (2018).^[2][3][4]

Early life and education

Morisaki was born Win Kyaw Htoo (ဝင်းကျော်ထူး),^[5] nicknamed Ah Win, to Burmese parents in Yangon, Myanmar. His parents worked abroad in Japan during his early childhood and he lived in Myanmar with his grandmother until the age of ten, when he moved to Japan to join his parents.^[6] Morisaki was scouted at the age of 14 to join the entertainment industry.^[6][7]

Career

In 2008, Morisaki joined J-pop idol boy band PrizmaX, managed by Stardust Promotion. In August 2010, he became a member of NAKED BOYZ together with other PrizmaX members (except Tsubasa Shimada), but withdrew at the end of the year.^{[8][better source needed]} Morisaki made his film debut in the Yutaka Ozaki film Sherry in 2012.^{[9][better source needed]} He was selected as the first radio personality at FM Yokohama in April 2015.^{[10][better source needed]}

Morisaki made his Hollywood debut in Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One (2018) as Daito.^[11][12]

Morisaki played a small supporting role alongside Wutt Hmone Shwe Yi in a Burmese-language film, Zati Myay (ဇာတိမြေ), directed by Kyi Phyu Shin.^{[13] [better source needed]} He received 'Popular awards' from Shwe FM's 8th Anniversary on October 1, 2017.^{[better source needed]}

In August 2018, he was appointed a Myanmar tourism ambassador.^{[better source needed]}

Morisaki in April 2013.

In 2022, Morisaki served as the performer for the TV Asahi tokusatsu series Avataro Sentai Donbrothers with the songs “Ore koso Only One” (Opening theme) and “Don't Boo! Donbrothers“ (Ending theme).

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
2009	Gokusen: The Movie	Makoto Igarashi
	Parade	Makoto
2010	Shodo Girls	Makoto Ichinose
	Thriller Restaurant	Kaoru Minakami
2011	Tengoku Kara no Yell	Kai Inoha
2014	Sherry	Junichi Sato	Lead role
2016	Kidan Piece of Darkness	Kentarou
2018	Ready Player One	Daito
	My Country My Home	Kimura Aung
	Kujira no Shima no Wasuremono	Koa Guen	Lead role
	No Matter How Much My Mom Hates Me	Kimitsu
2019	Listen to the Universe	Masaru C Levy Anatole		[14]
	Children of the Sea	Anglade (voice)
2020	Humanoid Monster Bela	Kōsuke	Lead role
2021	My Father's Tracks	Taiga Kitamura	Lead role	[15]
	Tom and Sawyer in the City	Hiroyuki Yanagawa		[16]
2022	Usogui: Lie Eater	Leo		[17]
	Violence Action	Kaneko		[18]
	Love Life			[19]
2023	Red Shoes			[20]
	Oshorin			[21]
2024	Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom	Griffin Arbalest (voice)		[22]
	The Dancing Okami	Jōji		[23]
	Don't Lose Your Head!	Horibe Yasubee		[24]
	Maru	Mo		[25]
2025	(Love Song)	Sota	Lead role; Thai-Japanese film	[26]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
2008	Tokyo Girl	Takashi
	Gakkō ja Oshierarenai!	Nishikawa Tomu
2009	Gokusen 3 Graduation Special '09	Igarashi Makoto	Television special
	Kamen Rider W	Dango Inamoto	2 episodes
2012	Ghost Mama Sousasen	Kitajima Ryo	Episode 1.8
2012–13	Ten no Hakobune	Din
2013	Namonaki Doku	Shin Kasai
2014	Petero no Soretsu	Shin Kasai	Episode 1
2018	Ready Player One LIVE at SXSW	Himself
	Made in Hollywood	Himself	Episode: "Ready Player One/Midnight Sun/Final Portrait"
	Miss Sherlock	Bartender	Episode: "The First Case"
	Hagetaka	Koichi Amenaki
	Tokyo Blood Type House
2023	The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House	Iwai Masaru
	What Will You Do, Ieyasu?	Tokugawa Hidetada	Taiga drama	[27]
2024	Futari Solo Camp	Gen Kinokura	Lead role	[28]

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2020	Death Come True	Nozomu Kuji	[29]

Dubbing

• Cats, Mr. Mistoffelees (Laurie Davidson)^[30]

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref
2019	32nd Nikkan Sports Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Listen to the Universe	Nominated
	Star awards	Special award(performance)	Himself	Won
2020	43rd Japan Academy Film Prize	Newcomer of the Year	Listen to the Universe	Won
2021	75th Mainichi Film Awards	Best Actor	The Real Thing	Nominated	[31]

References

1. "森崎ウィン" [Morisaki Win]. Stardust Promotion (in Japanese). Retrieved November 4, 2022.^{[self-published source]}
2. Eleven Media Japanese links to 8888 protests explored in new film
3. "နှစ်နိုင်ငံ ပူးပေါင်းဖျော်ဖြေ တင်ဆက်မယ့် ဂျပန်-မြန်မာ ပွဲတော် 2017". Irrawaddy Media Burmese News. 2017-01-26.
4. Eleven News Interview with Morisaki Win
5. "မြေးဖြစ်သူမိုရီဆာကီဝင်းရဲ့ငယ်ဘဝအမှတ်တရတွေကိုပြောပြတဲ့အဘွားဖြစ်သူဒေါ်ခင်ခင်ထွေး". The Voice TV Myanmar.
6. Me, Nyo. "Homegrown: J-Pop to the big screen". The Myanmar Times. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
7. "Interview with Japan Star Morisaki Win". Sunday Journal Myanmar (in Burmese). 2017-02-13.
8. "今年の暖かいご声援に心から感謝をこめて。". NAKED BOYZ Staff Blog. 2010-12-29.
9. "尾崎豊さん20回目命日に追悼映画完成". デイリースポーツオンライン. 2012-04-26. Archived from the original on 2012-04-26.
10. "WINのMAXで行こう！". E★K radio - Fm yokohama. 2015-04-06.
11. Blair, Gavin J. (June 6, 2016). "Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One' Adds Japanese Actor-Singer Win Morisaki". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
12. Variety Staff (2016-06-06). "Japan's Win Morisaki Joins Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One'". Variety. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
13. "ရှစ်လေးလုံးအရေးတော်ပုံရုပ်ရှင်ကားတွင် လူထုဆန္ဒ ထင်ဟပ်စေနိုင်သည့် သမိုင်းလှုပ်ရှားမှုများမြင်တွေ့ရန် မျှော်လင့်ဟု ဦးဖြိုးမင်းသိန်းပြော". 7Day Daily. 2017-08-08. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
14. "Listen to the Universe". TIFF. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
15. "森崎ウィン＆深川麻衣が共演『僕と彼女とラリーと』特報映像公開". Cinema Cafe. 7 May 2021. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
16. "「都会のトム＆ソーヤ」に市原隼人、本田翼、森崎ウィン、玉井詩織が参戦！ 主題歌は緑黄色社会". eiga.com. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
17. "嘘喰い". eiga.com. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
18. "橋本環奈主演『バイオレンスアクション』、杉野遥亮、鈴鹿央士ら個性あふれる追加キャストが明らかに". Crank-in!. 2 March 2022. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
19. "LOVE LIFE". eiga.com. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
20. "レッドシューズ". eiga.com. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
21. "映画「おしょりん」制作開始を発表 福井の眼鏡産業黎明期描く". Mainichi Shimbun. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
22. "機動戦士ガンダムSEED FREEDOM". eiga.com. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
23. "レディ加賀". eiga.com. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
24. "「身代わり忠臣蔵」尾上右近が"赤穂のヤングプリンス"に、森崎ウィンや星田英利も出演". Natalie. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
25. "まる". eiga.com. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
26. "森崎ウィン×Snow Man向井康二が紡ぐ日タイ合作ラブストーリー「2gether」のウィーラチット・トンジラーが監督・脚本". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 December 2024.
27. "『どうする家康』新キャスト8人発表 2代将軍・徳川秀忠役も決定【8人の役柄紹介あり】". Oricon. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
28. 「ふたりソロキャンプ」ドラマ化！森崎ウィンが主演、本田望結がヒロイン役に. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. November 15, 2024. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
29. Romano, Sal (December 20, 2019). "Death Come True introduces police investigator Nozomu Kuji". Gematsu. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
30. "映画「キャッツ」吹替版に葵わかな、山崎育三郎、森崎ウィン、大竹しのぶら出演". Natalie. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
31. "最多は『スパイの妻』！第75回毎日映画コンクールノミネート発表". Cinematoday. 22 December 2020. Retrieved December 23, 2020.

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)
• PrizmaX A GoGo (in Japanese)
• Win Morisaki at IMDb